WMO OSCAR | Application Area: 1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring

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Application: 1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring

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Name	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring
Description	This AA aims to monitor and forecast the conditions of the Sun, the heliosphere and the solar wind which are relevant to space weather and space climate. This AA includes the monitoring and forecasting of solar disturbances propagating through the heliosphere and solar wind.
Organization	World Meteorological Organization
Focal Point	Joaquim Eduardo Rezende Costa
Earth System Application Category	1. Space Weather Applications

Variables measured in this Application Area

Subdomain	Variables
Energetic particles and solar wind	Interplanetary magnetic field Solar wind density Solar wind temperature Solar wind velocity
Solar monitoring	Solar EUV flux Heliospheric image Solar Ca II-K image Solar EUV image Solar H-alpha image Solar magnetic field Solar radio flux Solar white light image Solar X-ray image Solar coronagraphic image Solar X-ray flux Solar UV image

Requirements defined for 1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring (14)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id	Variable	Layer	App Area	ATP	Uncertainty	Hor Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source	General Comment
1186	Solar EUV flux	Geo Helio	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	0.8	5 % 10 % 20 % 0.5		1 sec 10 sec 20 sec 0.5	1 sec 10 sec 60 sec 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Atmospheric energy input (EUV irradiance). Performance Comm:
1187	Solar X-ray image	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	0.8	1 % 2 % 10 % 0.5	1 arcsec 2 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	60 sec 2 min 5 min 0.5	60 sec 5 min 15 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-28	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Flare and active region localization. Performance Comm:
1188	Solar white light image	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	0.8	1 % 2 % 10 % 0.5	1 arcsec 2 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	60 sec 2 min 10 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-28	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Identify sunspot groups-Tool for flare prediction. Performance Comm:
1189	Solar Ca II-K image	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	0.6	1 % 5 % 10 % 0.5	1 arcsec 2 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	60 sec 2 min 10 min 0.5	60 sec 5 min 15 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-17	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Proxy for EUV irradiance. Performance Comm: time latency between 7 to 20 minutes (RWC Russia).
1190	Solar X-ray flux	n/a	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	5.0E-7 watt·m^-2 8.0E-7 watt·m^-2 1.0E-6 watt·m^-2 0.5		N/A 1 sec 3 sec 0.5	N/A 1 sec 5 sec 0.5	Global	firm	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: SIonospheric energy input, also flare and solar activity. Coronal hole detection. Performance Comm: Time latency 1-3 minutes (RWC Ar ; RWC Russia).
1191	Solar coronagraphic image	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	1 % 5 % 10 % 0.5	1 arcsec 2 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	5 min 10 min 15 min 0.5	5 min 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar eruption velocity (CME). Performance Comm:
1192	Solar UV image	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	1 % 5 % 10 % 0.5	1 arcsec 2 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	60 sec 2 min 5 min 0.5	60 sec 2 min 5 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1 , especially for UV 1600A (NICT) Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Flare and active region localization; EUV flux increase localization, coronal hole detection. Performance Comm:
1193	Interplanetary magnetic field	L1 L4-L5	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	0.05 nanoTesla (nT) 0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.5		1 sec 10 sec 60 sec 0.5	60 sec 5 min 15 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-28	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1 for 3 components and modulus with time res 1 min and priority 0.6 (RWC Ar) for time res 5sec. (RWC Argentina). Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar wind disturbance detection Geomagnetic activity prediction. Performance Comm:
1194	Solar wind density	L1	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	5 % 7 % 10 % 0.5		10 sec 20 sec 60 sec 0.5	60 sec 5 min 15 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-28	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1 for time res 1min (RWC Ar) Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar wind disturbance detection Geomagnetic activity prediction. Performance Comm:
1195	Solar wind temperature	L1	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	0.8	5 % 7 % 10 % 0.5		10 sec 20 sec 60 sec 0.5	60 sec 5 min 15 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-28	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1 for time res 1min (RWC Ar). Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar wind disturbance detection Geomagnetic activity prediction. Performance Comm:
1196	Solar wind velocity	L1	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	3 % 5 % 10 % 0.5		10 sec 20 sec 60 sec 0.5	60 sec 5 min 15 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-28	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1 for time res 1min, priority 0.6 for 5 sec res. (RWC Ar). Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar wind disturbance detection Geomagnetic activity prediction. Performance Comm:
1197	Solar magnetic field	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	1 Gauss 2 Gauss 5 Gauss 0.5	0.5 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global	firm	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1 RWC Ar (SDO/HMI high resolution) and RWC Russia Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar wind model boundary condition; Tool for flare prediction. Performance Comm:
1198	Solar radio flux	Near Surface	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	5 % 10 % 20 % 0.5		1 sec 30 sec 60 sec 0.5	60 sec 2 min 5 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Priority 1, in particular F10.7 for climate Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Activity monitoring; CME characterisation; flux proxies, F10.7 for atmospheric modelling. Performance Comm:
1199	Solar H-alpha image	Sun	1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring	0.8	1 % 5 % 10 % 0.5	1 arcsec 2 arcsec 5 arcsec 0.5	60 sec 2 min 5 min 0.5	60 sec 2 min 10 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-02-18	New source to be determined	AA Comm: Suggested Priority 1 for Sun-Earth line and 0.8 -off line. Horiz Comm: Observation Comm: Solar flares, filaments, prominences, and active region structure. Performance Comm: